{"id":31100,"date":"2023-10-04T07:44:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T07:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peace.ax\/border-security\/"},"modified":"2023-10-06T09:38:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T09:38:08","slug":"border-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peace.ax\/en\/border-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunch seminar on border security"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"31100\" class=\"elementor elementor-31100 elementor-31087\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-22c9e506 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"22c9e506\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b43634e ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"1b43634e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57f6c0a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57f6c0a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Ahead of UN Day, we are pleased to present the \u00c5land Peace Lecture on October 23<sup>rd<\/sup> with this year&#8217;s guest researcher Clifford Okwany from Kenya! The seminar will be held in English, with the opportunity to ask questions in Swedish, and will focus on different approaches to border security in Africa and their relevance to us in the Nordic Region.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A warm welcome to a lunchtime seminar on border security in the Horn of Africa, with a particular focus on northern Kenya bordering Ethiopia, Uganda and Somalia. Questions to be answered during the seminar are the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What does security mean in different contexts and for different actors?<\/li>\n<li>Why are there border conflicts affecting pastoralist communities in the Horn of Africa?<\/li>\n<li>What are the policy recommendations for peaceful coexistence between pastoralist communities in the North?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The seminar will provide a brief history of the pastoral communities in East Africa, particularly the Sabaot, Pokot and Turkana in the northwest of Kenya and Somalia, Borana and Oroma <em>communities <\/em>in the northeast, and the introduction of the state system that drew boundaries that affected pastoralist livelihoods, leading to conflicts and state border security. During the seminar, Okwany will make comparisons with the Nordic experience in S\u00e1pmi, the coexistence of the Sami and the states.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, Okwany will explore community-oriented policing as a strategy that can help strengthen security and be a trust-building mechanism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to read more about Clifford Okwany, you can do so here (Link to the interview)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome to a very interesting lunchtime seminar that puts border surveillance and border security in a new perspective!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What?<\/strong> \u00c5land Peace Lecture<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Where? <\/strong>Kaptenssalen, Hotel Arkipelag<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>When? <\/strong>Monday 23 October, 11.30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The seminar is free of charge. It is possible to buy lunch in the restaurant, please arrive in good time if there are queues.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e229a1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"4e229a1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f20929 ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"4f20929\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9b9bee elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b9b9bee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d652e83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d652e83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Cliff Okwany is this year&#8217;s \u00c5land Peace Fellow and was chosen among nearly 90 applicants from all over the world for the guest researcher position. <a href=\"https:\/\/peace.ax\/en\/opportunities\/the-aland-islands-peace-fund\/\">The Peace Fund make<\/a>s this programme possible &#8211; thank you for your support.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of UN Day, we are pleased to present the \u00c5land Peace Lecture on October 23rd with this year&#8217;s guest researcher Clifford Okwany from Kenya! The seminar will be held in English, with the opportunity to ask questions in Swedish, and will focus on different approaches to border security in Africa and their relevance to us in the Nordic Region. A warm welcome to a lunchtime seminar on border security in the Horn of Africa, with a particular focus on northern Kenya bordering Ethiopia, Uganda and Somalia. Questions to be answered during the seminar are the following: What does security mean in different contexts and for different actors? Why are there border conflicts affecting pastoralist communities in the Horn of Africa? What are the policy recommendations for peaceful coexistence between pastoralist communities in the North? The seminar will provide a brief history of the pastoral communities in East Africa, particularly the Sabaot, Pokot and Turkana in the northwest of Kenya and Somalia, Borana and Oroma communities in the northeast, and the introduction of the state system that drew boundaries that affected pastoralist livelihoods, leading to conflicts and state border security. 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